Simone Biles Quotes

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

Although I have won many times now, each time when I have a lead, I start to think about winning. It's very difficult not to think about winning. Every time, there are new challenges. Every time, there are new issues to overcome.

I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.

You have to come in to major championships, and your attitude has to be on point.

I'm sure Jofra Archer will be loving heading into his first World Cup. He is in the dressing room as he comes across on the field - laidback and very confident in his ability.

I think for me, the most fun competition that I've had was my first Worlds.

This is my third year in a row where I'm one of those players that has a chance to win the Race to Dubai. I just think it's important this year that I take the experiences of 2017 and 2018 into it and know that it still takes a lot to do it and it's not in my hands at all.

The battle to win - on the pitch and in the boardroom - begins and ends in one's head.

What the event will be like, being part of the Olympics and being in London, is too much to think about. You've no control over those things, so in a way, it's wasted energy to think of them.

For me personally, I think too much emphasis is put on, 'Okay, how cool are my moves?' and, 'How do I string them together?' 'How do I get this move in the match within this time limit?' and that's it.

For me, every tournament is important, and I feel that if I don't go into them with 100 per cent focus, I will not be ready for the Grand Slams.

It is important to start winning international tournaments early and get that mentality into you. Then, hopefully, you can take it on to the world stage.

Now that I'm doing all these big competitions, I've learned to control my nerves and control my mindset, and I think that's where the maturity comes in.

I never think of who's in the competition. I never let myself get in that frame of mind, worrying about who I'm against.

I always knew I could win tournaments in the U.K. but there was a question mark over whether I could deal with playing in China.

I talk to my guys and I tell them, 'You have to fight in a way that you don't give the promoter a choice but to bring you back.'

I can't be getting off my game. I need to be getting teams off their games.

At every Olympic Games, anything can happen that nobody can predict, so I did my best to win.

I need to continue to be wise, be efficient and prepared for every game that I play leading up to the Olympics.

Important in a big tournament is how you start. With a great match at the start, you can distance yourself from the unrest from outside. And it increases the respect among opponents.

It's a different mind-set going into the off-season as a starter. The uncertainty from the team is gone, and your confidence grows.

I've played in a few Champions League matches and got into quarter-finals - sometimes unluckily knocked out - but you have to prepare like any other football match: you have to play the game, not the occasion. That's been instilled in me since I was a kid.

To have all of these jumps in my arsenal is very beneficial. I can always alter my program so I can either play it safe, or I can play it risky with high reward. It depends on what I feel like I need that day.

Clearly finals are one-off games and they always depend on starting well in order to impose yourself on the game.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.